US 11,794,926 B2
System and method for maintaining and configuring rotorcraft
Jeremy Robert Chavez, Colleyville, TX (US); Peter Shultz, Hurst, TX (US); Thomas Kurt Schneider, Flower Mound, TX (US); Mark Howard Thomson, Arlington, TX (US); and Daniel Wesley Rowe, Mansfield, TX (US)
Assigned to Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US)
Filed by Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/227,844.
Application 17/227,844 is a continuation of application No. 16/186,158, filed on Nov. 9, 2018, granted, now 10,974,851.
Prior Publication US 2021/0229838 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B64C 27/22 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC B64F 5/60 (2017.01) [B64C 27/22 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01); G07C 5/085 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G07C 5/0816 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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17. A rotorcraft computer comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming comprising instructions for:
collecting usage and maintenance data for a rotorcraft;
sending the usage and maintenance data to a fleet management server;
receiving individualized equipment data for the rotorcraft from the fleet management server, the individualized equipment data comprising a lightweight digital representation of the rotorcraft and technical publications for the rotorcraft, the lightweight digital representation comprising a list of components of the rotorcraft and mesh-based 3D visualizations of the components of the rotorcraft, the technical publications having views referencing the mesh-based 3D visualizations, the views of the technical publications having a plurality of layers;
persisting the individualized equipment data at the rotorcraft; and
displaying the technical publications on a wearable device by:
rendering an overlay with the mesh-based 3D visualizations;
displaying the overlay on the wearable device; and
filtering the views of the technical publications to one of the plurality of layers.